Gu Cheng

thumb|黑夜給了我黑色的眼睛我卻用它尋找光明The Night has given me dark eyesBut I use them to look for light."One Generation", 1979 Gu Cheng (Simplified Chinese: 顾城; Traditional Chinese: 顧城; September 24, 1956 – October 8, 1993) was a famous Chinese modern poet, essayist and novelist. He was a prominent member of the "Misty Poets", a group of Chinese modernist poets. Quotes Even with these dark eyes, a gift of the dark nightI go to seek the shining light. "A Generation" [Yidai ren] The sky is greyThe road is greyThe building is greyThe rain is greyThrough this stretch of dead ashWalked two childrenOne in bright redOne in light green. "Feeling" [Ganjue] A bird in the gusty windDeftly changes directionA youth tries to pick upA pennyThe grapevine in fantasyStretches its tentaclesThe Wave in retreatArches its back. "Curve" [Huxian] Clouds that are greyCan no longer be washed clean.We open the umbrellaAnd simply paint the sky black. "A Walk In The Rain" [Yu xing] Quotes about Gu Cheng It is probably safe to say that Gu Cheng was the most radical poet in all of China's 2,500 years of written poetry. Eliot Weinberger, Oranges & Peanuts for Sale (2009), p. 54 External links Category:1993 deaths Category:Misty poets Category:Essayists from China Category:Novelists from China Category:1956 births